Show Us Your Carbon!!!

[young Ed]

It was £400 back in august
Then went back up to £800, then down to £736 or something then down to £600 as you say! Strange pricing structure, it's like they can't make up their mind

how much does she weigh? is she much good?
after christmas hopefully i will be in the market for a road bike and i was heart set on giant defy 5-3 but if i can get carbon at a similar price i might consider
Cheers Ed

 

[Justinslow]

how much does she weigh? is she much good?
after christmas hopefully i will be in the market for a road bike and i was heart set on giant defy 5-3 but if i can get carbon at a similar price i might consider
Cheers Ed

On the box it states 9.7kg net weight but that includes packaging, manuals, tools etc, the Argos blurb states 8.8kg. Mine weighs 10.4 kg with wedge pack, pump, 2 bottle cages (empty bottles) spare tube, multitool, phone holder and hr watch thingy.
So it's not super light but not bad for the money.
It's a great bike, lovely finish and paint, good components - Sora (but ICE chain set) which works lovely, r501 wheelset, Ritchie finishing kit, I've not heard of any real complaints from any owners. Did a 100 mile sportive last week, bike was faultless, I guess you need to try and view one and make your own mind up
For me being a newbie and on a budget, it's fine, I've no complaints!

 

[ianwoodi]

best bike i ever had hit loads of kom on this baby

 

[young Ed]

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that IS a lovely bike, i admit!
IMO the bar tape would look nicer if it was a slightly smoother type, although what is on there currently may increase grip with sweaty hands
as already stated that's just my opinion and the bike still looks great with current bar tape
Cheers Ed

 

[ianwoodi]

yes bar tape would look better with smooth type and a bit more bling as its my summer bike i have all winter to sort that out

 

[young Ed]

my summer bike

i'm not sure anyone on earth that is at all sane would use that as their winter bike!
Cheers Ed

 

[addictfreak]

My latest buy. Scott Solace 10

 

[Breedon]

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I was toying with the idea of an S3 build might done one next year, lovely bike mate

 

[jiberjaber]

My bike finally arrived from Rose yesterday, Xeon Team CGF Di2. A wet backside test ride last night and a longer setting up test ride this morning with race blades fitted, 2mph improvement in my average speed and closer to comfortable riding position.... probably needs another ride to fettle with settings a little bit more... quite happy

 

[jack smith]

Make sure you dont run the gears like that or that expensive di2 will be broken rather quickly @jiberjaber

 

[jiberjaber]

Yes, well spotted, temporary lapse in concentration that, never noticed how much the RD was pulled until you mentioned it, I think I was more concentrating on unclipping than the gears, so only realised I was in that combination when I set off... totally forgot about it until you pointed it out!

 

[derrick]

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That would be the only bike i would upgrade to.

 

[jack smith]

Yes, well spotted, temporary lapse in concentration that, never noticed how much the RD was pulled until you mentioned it, I think I was more concentrating on unclipping than the gears, so only realised I was in that combination when I set off... totally forgot about it until you pointed it out!

Lovley bike mind you! Do you plan on upgrading the wheels at all? Might want to check if the chain is the correct length too just incase its a tad short

 

[jiberjaber]

Yes at some point I'll do that, these aren't the standard wheels but some Mavic CPX rims which I was recommended by the chap at Rose (my weight is coming down so perhaps a future reward). The bike has already added 2mph to my average speed without much additional effort

Not sure what the recommended chain length should be?

Its got the longer RD on it as I opted for a 32t rear cassette thinking it would be easier to swap the cassette out at a later date should 32t prove too low... After coming back to cycling (with the exception of some commuting) after a 20 year break, I remembered how it would feel like there was no where to go when you ran out of gears on the back on a road bike, so didn't want to put myself off taking it out due to something simple like that...

 

[Rob3rt]

http://si.shimano.com/